Merostomata |
Xiphosura |
Limulidae
पर्यावरण: पर्यावरण / जलवायु क्षेत्र / गहराई सीमा / वितरण सीमा
पारिस्थितिकी
Benthic; गहराई सीमा 3 - 290 m (संदर्भ 137822). Tropical, preferred 24°C (संदर्भ 107945); 44°N - 18°N, 93°W - 66°W
Western Atlantic: Known from the Gulf of Maine to Florida, USA and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to the Yucatan Peninsula, but absent from the western and southern Gulf of Mexico (from Texas, USA to Tabasco, Mexico). Introduced in Northeast Atlantic.
प्रथम परिपक्वता पर लंबाई / आकार / वज़न / आयु
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 82); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 1.8 kg (संदर्भ 82); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 20 वर्षो (संदर्भ 99652)
The males are approximately 1/3 the size of the females (sexual dimorphism) (Ref. 83). Minimum depth based from Ref. 76. Lives in shallow waters, with sandy or muddy bottoms (Ref. 76). Found in intertidal and offshore areas (Ref. 1131). The horseshoe crab feeds at night on polychaete worms such as Cerebratulus, Nereis, and Cistenides (Ref. 76, 77), small mollusks, and seaweed (algae) found in the sandy ocean bottom (Ref. 76). Food is picked up by the chelicerae and passed back to the bristle bases, where it is "chewed." The food is then moved forward to the mouth (Ref. 75). It digs its food from sediments, grasping the prey with its legs. The prey is moved to the gnathobases where it is crushed before being pushed forward toward the mouth (Ref. 77). A life span of about 20 to 40 years (Ref. 78). Its predators are loggerhead turtles, pufferfish, leopard sharks and sea gulls (Ref. 82).
They reproduce with the use of the first pair of the six, flap-like appendages on the underside of the abdomen acts as a cover for the genital pore. The egg or sperm are released through this pore during spawning (Ref. 75). These eggs are fertilized by sperm released by an attached male and by one or more satellite males that typically congregate around the nesting pair (Ref. 81). While nesting, females bury themselves in the sediment near the water's edge and lay a series of discrete egg clusters, each containing 2,000-20,000 eggs (Ref. 80).
Lee, C.N. and B. Morton 2005 Experimentally derived estimates of growth by juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Xiphosura) from nursery beaches in Hongkong. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 318:39-49. (संदर्भ 1131)
आईयूसीएन रेड लिस्ट स्थिति
(संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
CITES स्थिति (संदर्भ 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
Not Evaluated
मनुष्यों के लिए ख़तरा
Harmless
मानव उपयोग
मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
FAO - मात्स्यिकी: landings search; Publication: search | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | हमारे चारों ओर समुद्र
साधन
अधिक जानकारी
फिजियोलॉजीप्राणवायु की खपत
मानव संबंधीटिकट, सिक्के, विविध.
इंटरनेट स्रोत
मॉडल पर आधारित अनुमान
मछली पकड़ने की भेद्यता
(संदर्भ 71543) |
High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). |
जलवायु भेद्यता
(संदर्भ 125649) |
High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100) |
मूल्य श्रेणी
(संदर्भ 80766): |
Low. |
Nutrients
|
Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 16.6 [15.4, 17.8] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. |
